Triplex hydration: Nanosecond molecular dynamics simulation of the solvated triplex formed by mixed sequences

Nucleic Acids Research

Volumn 31, Issue 21, 2003, Pages 6373-6380

  Ojha, Rajendra P ^a   Tiwari, Rakesh K ^a  

^a D D U GORAKHPUR UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADENINE; CYTOSINE; DNA; DOUBLE STRANDED DNA; GUANINE; THYMINE; TRINUCLEOTIDE; WATER;

ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; COMPUTER PROGRAM; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRYSTALLOGRAPHY; DNA BINDING; DNA CONFORMATION; DNA SEQUENCE; DNA STRUCTURE; HYDROGEN BOND; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; MOLECULAR INTERACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOLVATION; TRIPLE HELIX;

BASE SEQUENCE; CATIONS, MONOVALENT; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DNA; ELECTROSTATICS; HYDROGEN BONDING; MODELS, MOLECULAR; NUCLEIC ACID CONFORMATION; SODIUM; SOFTWARE; SOLUTIONS; SOLVENTS; THERMODYNAMICS; WATER;

EID: 0344874208     PISSN: 03051048     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/nar/gkg796     Document Type: Article

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